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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.227
People
Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
The Piazzetta, Venice
Other Titles
Former Title: View of the Piazetta, facing the Library and Campanile
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311244

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68.6 x 116.5 cm (27 x 45 7/8 in.)
framed: 86.4 x 137.2 x 6.4 cm (34 x 54 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: painted gilded wood plaque " Venice "La Piazzetta/ 1697- CANALETTO-1768"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Albert K. Isham, gift; to his mother Mrs. Ralph Isham (by 1931 when I died,) gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ralph Isham
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.227
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 41
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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